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The number of participants grew to 13 as Norway made its debut and Luxembourg returned to the contest. The winning song Tom Pillibi, giving France its second victory, became a hit in whole Europe. We .. More..
Contest details
Date of the Eurovision Song Contest 1960: 29 March 1960
Location: Royal Festival Hall, London, United Kingdom
Broadcaster: BBC
Host(s): Katie Boyle
Participating countries: 13
Voting: Each country had 10 jurors who could all give 1 vote to their favourite song. So each country devided 10 points freely among the other participants.
Location: Royal Festival Hall, London, United Kingdom
Broadcaster: BBC
Host(s): Katie Boyle
Participating countries: 13
Voting: Each country had 10 jurors who could all give 1 vote to their favourite song. So each country devided 10 points freely among the other participants.
Participants
Eurovision Song Contest 1960
country | participant(s) | song | pts | rnk | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
13 | France | Jacqueline Boyer | Tom Pillibi | 32 | 1 | |
1 | United Kingdom | Bryan Johnson | Looking high, high, high | 25 | 2 | |
8 | Monaco | François Deguelt | Ce soir-là | 15 | 3 | |
6 | Norway | Nora Brockstedt | Voi-voi | 11 | 4 | |
11 | Germany | Wyn Hoop | Bonne nuit, ma chérie! | 11 | 4 | |
5 | Belgium | Fud Leclerc | Mon amour pour toi | 9 | 6 | |
7 | Austria | Harry Winter | Du hast mich so fasziniert | 6 | 7 | |
12 | Italy | Renato Rascel | Romantica | 5 | 8 | |
9 | Switzerland | Anita Traversi | Cielo e terra | 5 | 8 | |
2 | Sweden | Siw Malmkvist | Alla andra får varann | 4 | 10 | |
4 | Denmark | Katy Bødtger | Det var en yndig tid | 4 | 10 | |
10 | The Netherlands | Rudi Carrell | Wat een geluk | 2 | 12 | |
3 | Luxembourg | Camillo Felgen | So laang we's du do bast | 1 | 13 |
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Eurovision Song Contest 1960
The number of participants grew to 13 as Norway made its debut and Luxembourg returned to the contest. The winning song Tom Pillibi, giving France its second victory, became a hit in whole Europe. We would see host Katie Boyle back in the future for three times.